PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cirilo Galiei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Zeko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Cirilo Galiei has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Galiei
vs
Zeko

183 cm
32
136 lbs
4 - 24 - 1

190 cm
18
135 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cirilo Galiei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hector Zeko!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Zeko.
Galiei keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zeko.
Zeko misses the jab.
Galiei slips under a jab.
Zeko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Galiei manages to avoid it.
Hector Zeko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zeko misses with a wild body shot.
Zeko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Galiei keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Galiei shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Zeko defends it nicely.
Galiei slips a jab from Zeko.
Zeko throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Zeko circles away from the clinch attempt
and Zeko cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galiei is looking to clinch but Zeko is avoiding it.
Zeko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Galiei.
Zeko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zeko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zeko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Galiei moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Galiei looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zeko punishes Galiei's body with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zeko. Galiei does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zeko throws a hook to the side of Galiei's head but Galiei sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galiei wants to clinch.
Galiei on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Zeko misses with a hook.
Zeko throws a body punch but Galiei moves out of range.
Zeko scores with a crisp jab that stopped Galiei in his tracks.
Galiei is looking to clinch.
Galiei ducks under a wild hook from Zeko.
Galiei closes the distance looking to clinch
and Zeko counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Cirilo Galiei has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galiei tries to clinch up.
Zeko looks to land a right hand but Galiei moved out of range.
Galiei tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Zeko cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A telegraphed right hand from Zeko misses the target.
Zeko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hector Zeko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Galiei tries to clinch up but Zeko circles away and keeps his distance.
Zeko missing with a left hand there. Galiei was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Galiei tries to clinch but Zeko is having none of it.
Zeko misses the jab.
Galiei ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Galiei closes the distance but Zeko moves to the side
and Zeko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Galiei moves out of range of the strikes.
Galiei really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Zeko throws an overhand right that lands on Galiei's shoulder, as Galiei tries to avoid the shot.
Zeko slaps away a takedown attempt from Galiei, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Zeko is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Galiei.
Galiei closes the distance looking to clinch
and Zeko counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zeko throws a hook but Galiei avoids it easily.
Zeko throws out a loose jab but Galiei uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Zeko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cirilo Galiei's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Galiei wants to clinch
and Zeko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Galiei tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Zeko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Zeko looks to land a left hand but Galiei moved out of range nicely.
Galiei bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Galiei moves to clinch but Zeko breaks away
and Zeko counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Galiei wants to clinch up but Zeko keeps it at a distance.
Galiei tries to clinch but Zeko is having none of it.
Galiei is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Galiei keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galiei gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Zeko.
Zeko thows a body shot but no joy.
The fighters circling - Zeko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zeko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hector Zeko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Galiei is looking to clinch.
Zeko misses with a straight right.
Zeko misses with a looping left.
A slow jab from Zeko misses its intended target.
Galiei doesn't manage to clinch there - Zeko circles away.
Zeko throws a shot from downtown. Galiei moves away and avoids it.
Jab by Zeko.
Galiei gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zeko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Galiei is looking to clinch.
Zeko misses with a looping right.
Zeko looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Galiei is looking to clinch but Zeko is avoiding it.
Galiei fails to land the takedown.
Zeko misses with an uppercut
and Galiei connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Galiei defending well as Zeko loads up on a big left hand.
Galiei uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zeko.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Galiei wants to clinch but Zeko slips to the side
and Zeko counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zeko looks to land a left hand but Galiei moved out of range nicely.
Galiei defending well as Zeko loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Galiei looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zeko misses with a looping right.
Galiei is looking to clinch.
Zeko thows a body shot but no joy.
Galiei gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Galiei tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Zeko manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Galiei staying out of range there.
Zeko swings for the body but Galiei moves out of range.
Galiei wants to clinch up but Zeko keeps it at a distance.
Zeko misses with a hook.
Galiei uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zeko.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zeko throws a lazy right hand but Galiei sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zeko throws a hook but Galiei blocks it.
Zeko throws a hook but Galiei blocks it.
Galiei wants to clinch but Zeko slips to the side
and Zeko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Galiei is looking to clinch.
Zeko throws a jab when Galiei was well out of range.
Zeko throws a hook but Galiei avoids it easily.
Zeko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Galiei darts in trying to clinch
and Zeko counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Zeko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Cirilo Galiei's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Galiei wants to clinch up but Zeko keeps it at a distance.
Zeko misses with an uppercut. Galiei saw that one coming.
Galiei slips under a jab.
A big left from Zeko misses.
Galiei tries to clinch there but Zeko circles away.
Galiei wants to clinch but Zeko slips to the side
and Zeko counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Galiei tries to close the distance and clinch but Zeko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Galiei keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zeko.
Galiei uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zeko.
Zeko thuds his right hand into Galiei's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Galiei doesn't manage to clinch there - Zeko circles away.
Zeko looks to throw the jab but Galiei is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zeko throws the left hand but Galiei avoids the punch easily.
Zeko throws out a loose jab but Galiei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Galiei tries to clinch
and Zeko counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Galiei thinking.
Zeko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zeko throws a shot from downtown. Galiei moves away and avoids it.
Galiei fails in his attempt to clinch.
Galiei moves out of range of the strikes.
Zeko misses with a body shot.
A jab from Zeko misses.
Galiei tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zeko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zeko throws a looping overhand right but Galiei ducks down to avoid it.
Zeko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Galiei.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zeko misses with a hook. Galiei ducked under it nicely.
Zeko throws a looping overhand right but Galiei ducks down to avoid it.
Zeko looks to land a combination but Galiei avoids it well.
Galiei tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Zeko manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Galiei fails with an attempt to clinch.
Galiei avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zeko throws out a loose jab but Galiei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zeko circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zeko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Galiei.
Galiei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Galiei is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zeko throws the left hand but Galiei avoids the punch easily.
Zeko jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Galiei tries to clinch up.
Zeko throws a body punch but Galiei moves out of range.
Zeko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zeko takes a swing at Galiei's ribcage but misses.
Zeko circles away from the clinch attempt
and Zeko cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Galiei fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fighters circling - Zeko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hector Zeko is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Galiei moves to clinch but Zeko breaks away
and Zeko counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Galiei might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Zeko circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zeko throws out a loose jab but Galiei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Galiei tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zeko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Galiei darts in trying to clinch
enabling Zeko to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zeko misses with a hook.
Galiei uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zeko.
Cirilo Galiei has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zeko misses the shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hector Zeko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Zeko has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hector Zeko!
Our winner, Hector Zeko, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.